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PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

T. 0. SHARP.

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APPLICATION rum) FEB. 2. 1905.

W1 YYVESSES? ,[NVE/V TOR Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OBADIAH SHARP, OF ROXBORO,

NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO SHIP.

FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed February 2, 1905. Serial No. 243,878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS OBADIAH SHARP, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Roxboro, in the county of Person and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fenders, and more especially to that class of fenders applied to fireplaces.

An object of this invention is to produce a device of this character that may be employed as a guard for children, as a fender for the ashes, and as a warming-shelf.

Furthermore, an object of this invention is to produce a device of this kind which is vertically swinging in order that it may be easily swung up out of position and out of the way.

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein a part of the supporting or operating means also acts as a lock to hold the fender in its inoperative position.

Finally, an object of this invention is to produce a device of the character noted that will prove efficient and satisfactory in use and comparatively inexpensive to produce and maintain.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, where in like characters denote corresponding parts in the severalviews, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective, showing the fender in position as a guard. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective, showing the device employed as a fender for the ashes. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective, showing the device in its inoperative position. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective, showing the device employed as a warming-shelf.

In the drawings, A indicates a fireplace of any ordinary or preferred construction, and B the front walls thereof. To either side of the fireplace in the walls B is attached a suitable bearing 1. (Shown in the drawings as an eyebolt.) Within the bearings fit the trunnions or angular portions 2 of the sides of the approximately U -shaped frame 3. These bearings 1 are positioned slightly above the center of the height of the fireplace. Suspended from the frame 3 is the fender 4:, which consists of the upper and lower parallel strips 5 6 and the end strips 6 7,.which are sccured to the wire mesh 8. The end strips 6 7 are provided with the extensions 9, which are turned upon themselves to embrace the frame 3 for pivotally supporting the fender.

Near the base of the walls B are staples 10, to which are secured ends of the rigid connections 11. The opposite ends of the connections are pivotally secured to the strip 6 of the fender at the ends. These connections or hooks are equal in length to the end strips 6 7 of the fender.

Positioned above the fireplace A, at either side, are eyebolts 12 or other means, to each of which is secured an end of a flexible connection 13, preferably a chain. On the opposite end of the said flexible connection is a hook 14, which is adapted to engage the frame 3. In case of accident to the rigid connections or books 11 an auxiliary connection 15 is provided. This connection consists of a chain or other flexible connection, which is secured at one end centrally of an end strip 7 and at the opposite end to asupport 16, secured to the wall.

Primarily the function of the connections 11 is to hold the fender from swinging on the frame when being used as in Figs. 1 and 2; but it is also to be observed that they also act as locks to hold the fender in its inoperative position, Fig. 3, or to support the ends of same when it is being employed as a warming-shelf, Fig. 4:. Y

The relation of the connections 11 to the frame 3 is such that when the fender is elevated, as in Fig. 3, the lower strip 6 of the fender is forced back of the pivot of the frame; otherwise the supporting arrangement would be inoperative.

Taking the device as illustrated in Fig. 3, when it is desired to use the device as a guard the books 14 of the connections 13 are secured to the frame 3 and the lower end of the fender is pulled down, and the same will be supported as illustrated in Fig. 1. To use the device as a fender, it is but necessary to disengage the connections 13. To use the same as a warming-shelf, the fender is pulled down from the upper edge or strip 5 and the device will assume the position shown in Fig. 4 of its own accord, it being understood. of course, that the position and arrangement of the connections 11 is the essential feature which governs the same.

The construction, operation, and ad vantages will, it is thought, be fully understood from the foregoing description. It should be noted, however, that various changes may be resorted to in the proportions and details of construction for successfully carrying the invention into practice without departing from the scope thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the front wall of a fireplace, a frame pivotally secured to the wall, a fender, extensions on the fender pivotally engaging the frame, and rigid connections between the wall and fender, said connections being pivoted both to the wall and fender.

2. In combination with the front wall of a fireplace, a frame pivotally connected to the wall adapted to be elevated, a fender pivotally attached to the frame, and rigid connections between the wall and lower portion of the fender, said connections being pivoted both to the wall and fender, said connections being of such length as to carry the lower portion of the fender beyond the pivot of the fender when the frame supporting the fender is elevated.

3. In combination with the front wall of a fireplace, a frame pivotally secured to thewall, a fender suspended therefrom and adapted to swing thereon, rigid connections between the Wall and the lower portion of the fender, said connections being pivotally attached both to the fender and wall, flexible connections secured to the wall above the frame and terminating in hooks adapted to engage the frame, and a flexible connection between the wall and one end of the fender.

In testimony whereof I aifiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of January, 1905.

THOMAS OBADIAH SHARP.

Witnesses:

W. F. LoNe, J. M. OBRIANT. 

